Harmony Palace — Restaurant in Northern Ireland

Haven’t been to Harmony Palace in a long time and last night we decided to pop in en route to a show at ‘Theatre at The Mill’ as we would be passing by. 4 of us, and we arrived just after 5pm (we hadn’t booked). How lovely it is now - the restaurant has definitely had a ‘face lift’ since my last visit, and the decor was clean and fresh. The fish tank was spotless too! We enjoyed the ‘craic’ from our waiter, who might I add, was very personable & professional. The wine was perfectly chilled and the complimentary prawn crackers were crisp and welcome. 2 of the party ordered pork fillet which came with lashing of gravy, chips and petit pois, mushrooms and onions on the side. 1 lamb curry went down equally well and my sweet & sour chicken Cantonese style was tangy, and just the way I like it (boiled rice served separately. Each plate was hot, the food well presented and perfectly served. As it happened we knew a party of 3 who entered the restaurant just behind us (hence the photo doesn’t reflect our order! The pic shows some kind of chicken & rice, pork fillet & sweet chilli chicken. Our colleagues informed us that their started of spring rolls and desert of chocolate fudge cake were delicious too. So, 10/10 from them (and us) …. Cant’t be at all bad! Thank you folks - we wish you continued success, and will return! P.s. I don’t think I have ever seen a carryout as busy… the restaurant was more or less fully to capacity by the time we left - oh, around 90...

I went to Harmony Palace last night for the first time with my family as a birthday treat. We got the sharing platter for two to start, I was unsure about the thought of crispy seaweed but it was surprisingly delightful. For the main I went for the Honey chilli shredded beef, portion size was perfect, the rice was light and fluffy and the sauce was really nice however the beef was really overcooked making it very hard and chewy. My partner went for the Pad Thai and thoroughly enjoyed it.

The restaurant was warm and comfortable and was quite busy. The staff were really nice and very accommodating. It was just a shame that we were placed next to a rather loud and overly obnoxious family but that was no fault of the restaurant.

The time taken between starter and main was quite long, in excess of 30 minutes but at 6pm and a Saturday evening I guess that can be expected.

Prices were very reasonable also.

Overall the experience didn’t really live up to the expectations we had from recommendations but it was not terrible by any means and I would visit again (when the abrupt family of Neanderthal’s aren’t there) to sample something different...

I would have order from Harmony at least twice a week in the past, often more frequently. I started to drift elsewhere when the prices sky rocketed much quicker than other takeaways during the profiteering period of COVID and especially after the zero hygiene score awarded to Harmony Palace by Lisburn and Castlereagh council (although disputed by Harmony themselves). I ventured back this evening as the restaurant is always busy (good sign) and I was too lazy to go elsewhere other than my doorstep. I can't fault the mains. As good as I remembered, but the salt and chilli chips were a mussy mess. We arrived to collect the order before the food left the kitchen and had a short 3 minute journey home however the condensation in the food container in that short time resulted in a watery potato mess. No flavour, very little veg or seasoning and honestly not eatable. Why not adopt the tactics from other establishment and pop some holes in the container to let the steam vent and keep the chips crispy. £27.50 for Pepper chicken, Honey chill chicken and a chip is also a tad excessive, especially when parts of the dinner ended up in...